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754- ^ Sex ; Sealand, Chester; 24th November, 1894. — 9 seeds 

 of the dog rose (Rosa sp.) ; 1 seed of knapweed (Centaur ea) ; 

 caddis worms (Phryganeidae) ; 2 small pebbles ; sand. 



755. Female j Eaton, Chester ; December, 1899. — A large 

 quantity of vegetable fibres, &c. ; seeds of Carex, sp. ; 3 frag- 

 ments of coal. 



756. Male ; Aldford, Chester ; 8th December, 1896.— Beetles 

 (Bembidium ? stomoides ; 1 Staphylinus pubescens ; 1 Halticid) . 



757. ? Sex ; Blacon, Chester ; 24th December, 1890. — 1 wheat 

 grain ; grass and some unidentified seeds. 



Summary. — 2 contained insects of the injurious group ; 

 4, beneficial group ; 1, indifferent group ; 4, molluscs ; 3, 

 seeds ; 1, berries ; 1, grain ; 3, grass and unidentified vegetable 

 matter. 



Spotted Crake (Porzana maruetta (Leach). 



758. ? Sex ; near Chester ; October, 1888. — Many rudimen- 

 tary shells of slugs (Limacidae) . 



759. Male ; Oakmere, Cheshire ; 3rd October, 1889. — Seeds 

 of an unidentified plant ; many quartz pebbles. 



760. ? Sex ; near Chester ; 13th October, 1888. — Skins of 

 moth larvae (Noctuids) ; fragments of Geodephagous beetles 

 (Bembidium spp., Harpalus sp.) ; seeds of Carex sp. ; sand. 



761. Male ; Cheshire ; 11th September, 1889. — Several skins 

 of moth larvae ; quartz pebbles. 



Summary. — 2 contained insects of the injurious group ; 1, 

 beneficial group ; 1, slugs ; 3, seeds. 



Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus, Linn.). 



762. Female ; near Chester ; 12th January, 1888. — A small 

 quantity of sand. 



763. Female ; Foreshore, Colwyn Bay ; igth January, 1894.— 

 A small quantity of sand. 



764. ? Sex ; Yorkshire ; 14th March, 1904. — A large 

 quantity of vegetable matter ; a few seeds of Ranunculus 

 sp. ; a large quantity of sand ; a few pebbles. There was a 

 larger proportion of sand than anything else. 



765. 766. — 2 Males ; Aldford, Chester ; 30th March, 1894.— 

 A mass of vegetable matter and sand. 



767. ? Sex ; near Chester ; 9th May, 1903. — Filled with equal 

 proportions of grass and sand. . 



